Macro Indicators · SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) data
Unweighted average of the 38 countries reporting in 2023
3.7% of GDP
-3.5% on 2013. Country values run from 0 to 7.3 % of GDP. An average of country values, not a regional total.
- Countries covered
- 52
- Years
- 2000–2024
- Observations
- 890
- Source
- World Bank WDI
Countries
3/6 selected. Select up to 6 to compare.
Years
2000 – 2024 · 25 years
Annual values by country, 2000 to 2024
World Bank WDI · % of GDP · hover or use the arrow keys to read a year
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Mauritius
- South Africa
3 countries · 25 years · 890 values in the snapshot
Data tablevalues in % of GDP
| Country | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cote d'Ivoire CI | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| Mauritius MU | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| South Africa ZA | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6 |
Source and notes
- Indicator code
- SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS
- Unit
- % of GDP
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Collection
- Macro Indicators
Values as published by World Bank WDI: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Coverage is the countries and years held in this snapshot, not the full extent of the series at source. Check at data.worldbank.org.
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